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I've recently bought a Summitar in very good condition (I hope) from an Austrian Leica specialised shop. It is the ten aperture blade version instead of the six aperture blade version. Overall condition looks very good. No visible scratches on the front element or back element and focus is smooth. While scanning the first results I noticed that the centre of the frame has less contrast and is lighter than the outer portions of the frame. First I thought this is internal reflections or incoming light from the side. I didn't use a hood. But looking at more frames it also shows while the sun is coming from behind me so flare is not so likely. Does anyone has an idea about what this could be? I’ve attached some unedited scans. The are shot with Tri X / TMax 400 @ 250, developed for 6 min. in HC-110 at 20C. It is not in every frame. I used the sunny 16 rule (lens only goes to 12.5 so I compensated for that). Hope to find out if it is the lens, light conditions or something else. Thanks!
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Hi, I'm looking at getting a Summitar and was wondering whether anybody can shed light on the two variants, namely the round aperture bladed version approx. pre 1950 and the later type with the hexagonal arranged aperture. Generally the latter version seems to be a little less expensive and less sought after if my observations are correct. Both lenses opened at f2 there is clearly no difference in aperture shape but any smaller setting then does the hexagonal opening perhaps provide a little less appealing bokah for instance? Or perhaps there may be other discernible differences? Thanks in advance.
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From the album: dogs
hot day outside a tyre centre, Sydney, summer 2016 IIIf Summitar 5cm f/2 LTM Agfa APX100 in Rodinal© © 2016 Lynn Burdekin
